The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-14
FARM AND HsusEHoLD.

,5st TO vine.
An authority on celery growing says
hat blight is not likely tc make its ap-
nesrauce in very wet season unless on
poorly irlined ground.
Dr. s. c. Dunn recommends the ap-
plica.I1u of castor oil 10 warts once a
day. The application must Ue contin-
ned for from two to six months.
There is rothing better for the manure
heap than soapsuds. 1t prevents fire
fanriug. arrests the escape Of volatile
matter, and hastens chemical changes
and decomposition.
There is no better plan for freeing
rooms and cellars Of mildew than TO
brr. sulphur in them. The rooms should
he ffgcJualiy closed and Lot opened for
one hour after being filed with the sui
phur fumes.
The object Of grooming should not be |
solely TO brush the dirt from the surface /
Of tHe horses coat and make tempo
rary Improvement in the appearance, !
hut 70 cleanse the skin as we'll as the
hair Of all dust and 1ist that may be ad-
be-ing to 1t.
yvaffies: Take half pint of milk, q
tablespoonful of butter, tmelt before
adding to the other ingredients) one
feaspoonfuI Of baking powder, little
salt as a matter of course, and enough
aour to make a batter stiffer than for
.,ri5d1a cakes. These wafles come from
the iron crisp and are delicious.
For bfUiousness a plain diet of bread
milk. oatmeal, vegetables and fruit,
9TH lean meat and fresh fish, is best.
Exercise in the open AIT. The victim
af AN acute attack will be righted by
m abstinence (2) pOrridge and milk
i9l toast, little meat and fish and ripe
fruit, thus coming to a solid food grad
ually.
Remember that one horse may be able
to stand the extreme heat better than
the other in your team, and this being
tie case there is danger of iDjuring or
killing the one, while the other may not
be doing all it is capable of doing, a
we'll mated team means mated as regards
strength and endurance rather than size
and color.
Meat for the consumption of small
family can be smoked by suspending the
hams from bars laid across a large barrel
pDen at both ends, set over a smOuldering
FIRE. Corn cobs make a good smoke, and
bav leaves and juniper berries burned
with them give the meat slightly arc
matte flavor. Cover the barrel while
the smoking is going on.
The following liniDRDt is recommend
ed for earache : Camphorated chloral, 2
parts pure glycerine, 16i parts aud oil
Of sweet almonds, 10 parts. This is to
be we'll mixed and preserved in an her
metically sealed bottle. Applications
may be made by means Of a pIedget OF
soft cotton soaked In the liniment and
put In the ear twice a day.
Raw and boiled sweet potatoes are
treated in this manner Cut the raw
potatoes in thin slices, brush melted
butter over them and also over the wire
brOiler to prevent their sticking to it
broil them a dark brown boiled sweet
potatoes need to be but slightly broiled,
lust enough to warm through and at the
same time show the marks of the brOieI
Water cannot satisfy the thirst which
attends cholera, dysentery, diarrhea, and
some other forms Of disease in fact
drinking cold water seems to increase
the thirst ard induce other disagreeablE
sensations ut the thirst will be per
fectly and asantly subdued by eating
a comparatively small amount of ice
swallowing it in as large pieces as prac-
ticable and as much as is wanted.
Turpentine is the enemy of buffal,
moths, carpet worms and other insects
that iniure and destroy carpets. Mi,
the turpentine with pure water, IN th
proportion of two tablespoonfuIs to thre
quarts Of water, and after the carpet ha
been well swept, go over each breadtl
carefully with a sponge dipped in tn
solution and wrung nearly dry. Chang
the water as often as it becomes dirtv
The carpet will be nicely cleaned as wei
as disinfected.
Ginger Snaps Beat a cupful of butte
in a warm bowl until it becomes saft an
creamy then gradually beat into it
cupful Of sugar, a Cupful of naOlasses an
a tablespoonful CT singer. Dissolve
teaspOonful of soda in half a gill of CO..
water and stir into the mixture alread
prepared. Gradually add three pints q
-four, beating we'll all the while; the
roll the batter very thin, cut out th
cak es and bake in a quick oven.
NJ. Giujeot states that of all measure
applied locally to boils the best result
are obtained from tlncture OF iodine
He paints the boil with a thick cOatin
and sometimes a single application
sufficient to cause the inflammation to sut
side it is better, however, 20 make tn
application several times a day for seve
raj days. He does not recommend th
early opening of boils. but If evacuation
of pus be necessary antiseptics shoul
be used.
A case is recorded in a German medi
cal journal in which an infant was poi
soned by the lead contained in a cos
metic on the face of the nurse. Tn
child was five weeks old, and was con
stantly crying and suffering with collie
It's skin was of dull blush tint. Th
nurse had long been !n the habit of usiu
cosmetic which contained large por
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